The pages in this book, mostly in blue ink, demonstrate a fantastic capability of typewriting skills. Pella Erskine-Tulloch, the bookbinder commissioned by the Sackner Archive for this book, reproduced the first page of Chopin's handwriting on its cover. The table of contents lists the following titles: 1.Vibrances repoussees - Beaten back vibrances; 2.Vibrances positives - Positive vibrances; 3.George Orwell; 4.Octobre - October; 5.Vibrations; 6.Spirals; 7.Crocheteufs - Hooks (?); 8.Mouvoit (?); 9.Les Vibrates - The Vibrators; 10.Les vortex - The Vortices; 11.Spirales de l'an fabuleux - Spirals of the fabulous year; 12.Danse de l'an - Dance of the year -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Translated from the French into English by Jean Chopin. Wkiipedia: Froissage is a method of collage developed by Czech artist Ladislav Novak in which the lines made by crumpling up a piece of paper are used to create a drawing. One major exponent of the art of froissage was Jirí Kolar. He acquired a reputation as one of the most inventive 20th-century Czech artists. A member of Group 42 and the first Czech Group of Experimental Poetry, he assisted in the development of the collage techniques of froissage and confrontage. During that time, writing poems and crumpling up pieces of paper were considered subversive activities and were discouraged by the then-powerful Communist regime. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The bird-like shapes of the perforations are repeated in the bird shapes of the folded papers collaged onto the several pages. Except for the page with text by Chopin, the book is entirely white and was handmade by Bal. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This copy contains all the original typings for the edition, the manuscript text with corrections, and a copy of the printed trade edition. Each of the pages and typings are seperate entries into the database. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Chopin uses a dazzling number of different typewriter inks in this composition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Only the first five numbers of the edition included an original typewriter drawing and a silkscreen print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This magnificent presentation of poetry and typewriting art uses varying shades and types of silver papers, several different type fonts and letter sizes and 16 typewritten poems that Chopin calls Dactylo-Poems. There is an inserted nine page accordion pamphlet entitled "Phases de Lune." The typography in this book dances across the pages. In this example Number A, there are five unique typewriter drawings; three represent the full moon and two are square figures. In addtion and not called for in the colophon, Chopin inserted a unique typewriter poem as the frontpiece that is captioned, "fresco for the signs in 2001 for Ruth and Marvin Sackner..." This tirage consists of 150 unsigned examples, 10 signed examples including an original typewriter poem, and the unique edition, copy A, that is signed and includes five unbound original typewriter poems as well as an additional smaller size typewriter poem within the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This copy of the book (A) has all five original typings used in the book that describes and relates Chopin's typings to sound poetry. The accordion pamphlet entitled 'Canto Solaire' is a sound poetry score. Note that of the 160 other copies, 10 contain one original typewriter poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Includes several pages collaged with erotic prints from the 19th century. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

These collages were made from artists/poets' correspondence to Llys Dana. They are captioned from cut newsprint letters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This catalogue provides a bibliographic listing of books, records, and postcards from the contemporary small press scene. Brief comments on this aspect of verbal/visual art are offered by the contributors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

United Untied is a group of seven publishers of artist's works, books, editions and multiples. The group was born in October 1990 at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Since then the seven publishers have shared a booth and cover image for their catalogues, though each member alters or manipulates the group image according to his own aesthetics. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.